Sinimusta Liike has announced its goal to nominate candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections in all constituencies and to get at least one seat in parliament. The party says on its website that it intends to offer radical nationalists a vessel to participate in parliamentary decision-making, instead of “being content to operate in the shadows.”
Tommi KotonenResearch professor at the University of Jyväskylä, party registration is the most important development of the extreme right in Finland since 2020, when the Supreme Court banned the Nordic Resistance Movement.
“Its importance can be thought through the fact that it is currently a public organization. They have set their sights on the parliamentary elections, so it is clear that this has happened. And maybe they could be seen as something that unites the extreme right, he commented to STT.
An organization can be registered in the party register if it has received declarations of support from at least 5,000 eligible voters.
It has also had to adopt rules that ensure adherence to democratic principles in its decision-making and operations, as well as a general program that defines the goals and principles guiding its national activities.
Kotonen added that the party’s ideology strongly resembles anti-modern fascism.
Sinimusta Liike markets itself as a nationalist-radical party whose goal is to protect the interests of white Finns and nurture the Finnish way of life.
“We are a party that maintains a racial identity. So we can be considered a racist radical right-wing movement in the sense that we feel that Finns are more valuable than foreigners. Tuukka KuruA former member of Purussuomalainen Nuorte and chairman of Sinimusta Liikeiyätt, summed it up for STT.
He confirmed that the movement also faces many descriptors of fascism. “If you’re talking about a movement that’s anti-capitalist, is nationalist, emphasizes a mixed economy, is corporatist—terms commonly associated with fascism—it’s probably close to that.”
Kuru refused to say whether the party condemns the extreme consequences of fascism, such as the Holocaust.
Aleksi Teivainen – HT
Source: The Nordic Page